Saffron Dodd
ASH Literary
My Manuscript Wish List®
Note: I try to keep this updated as often as possible but for the most accurate and up-to-date wishlist, please check the ASH Literary website.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
My graphic novel list is very full right now and I’m not actively looking to sign new creators outside of referrals. I hope to be open to querying author-illustrators again in the coming months.
YOUNG FICTION/CHAPTER BOOKS
I’d love to see more high-concept, character driven chapter books up to 25,000 words. I’m looking for voicey stories with a fantastic hook and plenty of humour, and series potential. I’m looking for books that don’t talk down to their young readers and have a strong commercial hook.
MIDDLE GRADE
I’m not actively looking for core middle grade at this time outside of referrals. I hope to be open to querying authors in the coming months.
YA
My YA list is quite full and so I am very specifically looking for closed-circle murder mysteries for the YA audience, fantasy that is doing something fresh, romantasy with a true slowburn component to it, and boy-led adventure that could be comped to Alex Rider.
ADULT
I am looking for closed circle murder mysteries with a unique hook, thriller-adjacent books with a sense of humour or a satirical lean (think Bella Mackie), fantasies set in fresh and unique worlds, and books that could be categorised as ‘weird girl lit’.
I am not the best fit for
– Contemporary romance/romcom
– Standard thrillers or psychological thrillers (think Freida McFadden/James Patterson/Colleen Hoover)
– Historical fiction
– Animal POV stories
– Picture books
– Novels where police brutality is the main conflict/theme
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If you query me with an age range/format I am not currently open to, you will receive an automatic pass.
Submission Guidelines
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Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Caribbean Literature
I’d like the next…
Middle Grade
- Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani Larocca
- House of Shells by Efua Traoré
- Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
- Koku Akanbi and the Heart of Midnight by Maria Motunrayo Adebisi
Teen
- Friendship Never Ends by Alexandra Sheppard
- Bad Influence by Tamsin Winter
- Quiet Storm by Kimberly Whittam
- Glow Up, Lara Bloom by Dee Benson
YA
- King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness
- The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
- The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
- Influential by Amara Sage
- These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang
